Hadoop
Summit Europe 2013, the European extension of the original and
world’s largest Apache Hadoop community conference, today announced its
official program, featuring a keynote address from 451 Group Analyst and
Research Manager for Data Management and Analytics Matt Aslett and 40
use cases and educational sessions from leading industry and community
experts. In addition, Hadoop Summit Europe 2013 boasts an impressive
list of Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsors, demonstrating ecosystem
support for Apache Hadoop from leading producers of software and
services for the enterprise.

Hadoop Summit Europe will be the first and largest European conference
focused exclusively on accelerating the enterprise adoption of Apache
Hadoop, held at the historic Beurs
van Berlage in Amsterdam on March 20-21, 2013. The event features
sponsors ranging from traditional software companies to open source
analytics vendors, confirming strong European interest in Hadoop.

In addition to the keynote from Aslett, Hadoop Summit Europe attendees
will have access to industry and thought leaders representing
organizations like Adobe, Facebook, Intel, LinkedIn, National Library of
Netherlands, Twitter and more. Conference participants will also have
the opportunity to share their initiatives with the Hadoop community
through Hadoop Summit Europe’s Lightning Talks session, where attendees
can share their own stories in 5-minute presentations. Lightning
Talk suggestions can be voted on by the community through the Hadoop
Summit Europe community choice. The conference is designed to encourage
interaction and sharing with ample time for exchange of ideas.
Additionally, there will be a number of Hadoop community events
occurring around the event including the Big Data Camp and Birds of a
Feather sessions.

“We’re excited to bring Hadoop Summit to Europe for the first time,
providing the European community with information and discussion on how
to leverage Apache Hadoop as a key component of an enterprise data
architecture,” said Rob Bearden, CEO of Hortonworks. “Based on the
enormous community interest to participate, and the tremendous ecosystem
and sponsorship support, we’re confident that this Hadoop Summit will be
a great success. Together we’re bringing the brightest pioneers of the
Apache Hadoop community to showcase the latest advancements and
deployment techniques for this next-generation data platform.”

Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop, the
preeminent open source platform for storing, managing and analyzing big
data. Our distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform powered by Apache
Hadoop, provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a
growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions. Hortonworks is
the trusted source for information on Hadoop, and together with the
Apache community, Hortonworks is making Hadoop more robust and easier to
install, manage and use. Hortonworks provides unmatched technical
support, training and certification programs for enterprises, systems
integrators and technology vendors. For more information, visit www.hortonworks.com.